Kinston Wins Their Seventh Straight Game
Published on August 31, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Kinston Indians News Release
The K-Tribe rallied with nine unanswered runs to beat Frederick 9-2 in their series opener on Tuesday night in Maryland. Kinston has won a season-high seven straight contests and 12 of 15 overall, and now has a magic number of six to clinch a playoff spot.
Frederick struck first with a couple of unearned runs off of Kinston starter Marty Popham in the second inning. With one-out in the inning, Kinston shortstop Juan Diaz was charged with an error on a ground ball from LJ Hoes. With two outs in the inning, the Keys would make the Indians pay when Tyler Townsend delivered a two-run home run. Popham gave up only one other hit after the home run, allowing two unearned runs in six innings of work. Popham (4-4) gets the win, striking out two and walking one.
Frederick's starter Ryan O'Shea went just three innings because of a pitch count, giving up three hits and no runs. In the top of the fourth inning, Kinston would start a comeback against Keys reliever Nate Nery. The frame started with a one-out double from Chun Chen. Kyle Bellows then hit a two-run home run to even the score. It was Bellows tenth home run of the season, tying him with Karexon Sanchez for the most on the K-Tribe. In the fifth inning, the Indians got it going again starting with a lead-off double from Doug Pickens. The blast barely missed getting over the right field wall. Pickens would finally get home later in the inning with a two-out RBI double from Sanchez. The extra base hit gave Kinston a 3-2 lead.
In the top of the seventh inning, Kinston loaded the bases with one-out, chasing Nery from the game. Reliever John Mariotti then came in from the Keys bullpen and coaxed Jeremie Tice into a tailor made double play ball to third baseman Billy Rowell. Rowell delivered to second base for the first half of the double play, but L.J. Hose threw low to first base. The error bounced into the stands and allowed two runs to score. Nery (5-9) was on the hook for five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Travis Turek threw two scoreless innings of relief and David Roberts pitched a perfect ninth.
The K-Tribe poured it on with four runs in the top of the ninth. Chen hit a two-run double, Bellows had an RBI double and Pickens hit an RBI single. Six K-Tribers had multiple hits as Kinston belted out 14 hits on the night. Greenwell and Sanchez each had three hits on the night. Bellows hit a home run in his second straight contest, going 2-for-5 with three RBI.
The K-Tribe continues the four games at Frederick with a 7pm game on Wednesday night. T.J. McFarland will be on the hill for Kinston.
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